When the Maggettes, who have family in the area, learned that the school was having trouble raising the money for the field, she and Corey decided to donate it, said Diana Day of SFX Sports, a spokesperson for the couple.

The amount of the donation is not being released, Day said. The donation will pay for a two-story press box and concession stand, two cement block dugouts, a tile infield, new scoreboard, customized backstop, batting cage, fencing, two sets of bleachers and a full irrigation system.

No word if veteran actor Chick Vennera will be exploiting the irrigation system to divert water to his farm in protest.

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Jordan's still unsigned. Cassell and Diaz play more like 2 guards so J.Jo still has a pretty good shot of making the squad as a true PG. Besides, Knight and Cassell aren't as sturdy as they used to be. Sign Jordan for the Minimum and let's work on gettin get the Nash out of him!

I agree with jsmooth, we need to develop our rookies. One of the up side on Jordan was his passing, then let him distribute the ball. We have enough shooter!! Right now that Brand is out, Corey has to get the majority of shots. The key and maybe people disagree but the key will have to be Kaman in the middle. His presence must be felt both offensive and defensively.

Corey Maggette can opt out at the end of the year. It's painfully obvious that he will indeed do so to any of us that are paying attention. Corey and Dunleavy have never gotten along, often because Dunleavy would rather bury a talent than develop one. He has a history of doing so. Corey can get more $$ if he does opt out and would rather play for anyone but Dunleavy. Maggette is biding his time (and handling his situation like a man..unlike the big baby KB24 in the other LA hoops locker room) and will have a career year, showcasing his talents- if MD lets him, that is. This year MD will have no choice but to let Corey play his game, too bad it'll just be him showcasing his talents for his next team. We'll miss you Corey. It should be Dunleavy moving onto another team, and he can take Kaman with him if you ask me.

In four games played for Los Angeles last season, Conroy averaged 2.0 assists in 8.8 minutes per game. Conroy also tallied 3.0 points and 3.6 assists in five games played for the Clippers’ entry in the 2007 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.

Good. We don't need Conroy. Jordan is here to stay. I like his confidence. He believes in his talent & proved his skills. PG's don't need to be heavy & muscled up in order to succeed as a true PG. Look at Steve Nash & Tony Parker.

Okay... On to important questions. With Elton down and livingston done and brevin the best we could do... is this a throw away season biding time until next summer, maggs gone, and money to spend on a lot of free agents?... i'm looking at the season tix packages and thinking, man i just dont think im spending that much on this year... thoughts, brothers in clippersuffering?

This is not a throw away season. The first thing is Corey will still be with us this season and management will be negotiating an extension. I mean Sterling has been crystal clear he likes Corey and he is going to do whatever needs to be done, now if Corey does not want to sign, then we need to trade him. One player is not going to win you games, I really like Corey, but at the end of the day I'm a CLIPPER FAN!!!!

Then there's this regarding our beloved EB, taken from page 2 in today's LA Times:

"One could imagine my disbelief when asked if my (Achilles') injury was due to performance-enhancing drugs by Clipper brass," Brand wrote. "I know we live in that era, but I hold the game of basketball in high esteem, and conduct myself with integrity. I am not trying to go all Kobe on the staff, but to be asked that question when all facts were (known)…was very disappointing to say the least."

EB is a stand-up guy, the fact that someone in the Clips brass made the decision to suggest this is just deplorable. Then again, am not suprised, they reward incompetence (Dunleavy and Kaman's ridiculous contracts) and question the integrity of one of the last remaining true team players, a standup guy and a great citizen and role model for this city. Congrats to you Clipper management, way to go once again.

I suggest that all Clipper fans read that LA Times story, because two huge things stood out to me. The first thing is how we make a big thing out of nothing. Yes someone made a comment, but we can't base the whole entire organization on one persons comments.
The second is the most important, and this is perfect for all those clipper fans that think that this is going to be a throw away season. Brand clearly states the same thing that happen to the Grizzles when Gasol went down is not going to happen to the Clippers. According to Brand, Kaman has been working hard and the whole team has told EB that they are going to keep the Clippers in the hunt until EB comes back this season!! Yes, from his own words this season!!! People for all you clipper haters, ELTON BRAND IS HERE TO STAY!!!!!!!

Well Wally, the real issue to me is the pattern of gross negligence from Clipper management over the past several seasons. Everything from horrendous draft selections not living up to their draft slot (Korolev and Livingston) to allowing MD to bury players(Maggette, Wilcox and Singleton) to bad contracts (Dunleavy and Kaman) to this complete BS with EB now. To me, this is the worst yet as EB says someone near the top suggested that he was taking performance enhancing drugs, and that was the cause of the injury. What a joke! EB has too much class to tell the Clips to F off, but if I were him I definitely would. Way to go Clips, way to go from being the most exciting young team in the NBA after the '05 Playoffs to the verge of self-implosion in just a short time. Even if EB comes back mid-season, this roster led by Mike Dunleavy and his idiotic stubbornness not to mention his inability to make any in-game adjustments has no chance to win more than 20-25 games as presently assembled. I hope Kaman is busting his butt, and he makes me eat my words one day because I am one person that's sick and tired of paying a couple hundred bucks a game to see him loaf around and look like he'd rather be on his boat than on the court playing in the NBA. If the Kaman's performance in the NBA Summer League is any indication, which was not stellar in any way, we'll be seeing more of the last year's Kaman again which spells complete disaster for the Clips yet again.

J Smooth, I am a realist. I am also passionate about my team, and do not like the direction the Clips are heading and have been heading since they hired Dunleavy. The guy has had very talented teams. Recall the Portland team the Laker's beat to win their first of three consecutive championships...Laker's were down 17 with 9 minutes to play..Dunleavy was the coach of that very talented Portland team that completely choked. He had talent when he coached for the Lakers as well, and all of his teams have consitently underachieved. That's what I am seeing here with his Clipper stint as well. They are paying Dunleavy likes he's won multiple championships, he's one of the top few highest paid coaches in the league, and he's a perennial loser. As a 7 year season ticket holder, I am of the opinion that Dunleavy but moreso Clipper management must be held accountable for the weakened state of the team with Mike Dunleavy making the critical decisions. I don't know, maybe if Dunleavy wasn't wrong about, well, pretty much everything, I would not be so critical of him. I would also love nothing more than for him to make me eat my words above, but somehow I'm not too concerned about that.

just read a really funny book called “Foul Lines,” by SI hoops writers Jack McCallum and Jon Wertheimer, and I thought my fellow Clips fans would enjoy it. It’s a great satire of the NBA today, with the names changed to protect identities (but it’s very easy to figure out who is who). It takes place in LA (the team is called the "Lasers"), so there's some funny LA-related stuff too, with the wild drivers and the pretentious trendy clubs. Everyone gets mocked, from rich owners in the mold of

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